Across emerging markets, the pursuit of shared prosperity increasingly points to a quiet and often overlooked engine of progress: foundational learning. The ability to read, write, and reason by the early years of primary school shapes every subsequent stage of a student’s educational journey and a country’s economic trajectory. Yet, in many parts of Africa,…
When heavy rains once again pushed parts of Porto Alegre in Brazil underwater last year, it underscored a pattern across many emerging markets: climate shocks are arriving faster than cities can rebuild. For emerging economies, climate-related disasters can cost approximately 0.3% of GDP annually, yet nearly 70% of those economic losses remain uninsured [1]. Floods…
For decades, the U.S. dollar has served as the undisputed anchor of the global financial system – the primary currency for international trade, global assets, and central bank reserves. But as the world enters an era of increasing fragmentation, is that dominance under threat? At a recent Wheeler Institute event, Kenneth Rogoff, Maurits C. Boas…
For over half a century, the doctrine of shareholder primacy has offered a simple moral compass for corporate executives: make as much money as possible. Popularised by Milton Friedman in his seminal 1970 New York Times article, the theory posits that by maximising profits within the bounds of law and custom, companies maximise social welfare.…
The Wheeler Institute had the pleasure of welcoming the former prime minister of Greece and current member of parliament, George A. Papandreou. Leveraging on his experience serving in public office and in diplomacy, Papandreou’s insights were timely given the current state of the world in which many countries seem to be more divided than they…
With George A. Papandreou The Wheeler Institute was pleased to host George A. Papandreou, former Prime Minister of Greece, for a timely conversation on Europe, Greece, Geopolitics, and the Global Economic Landscape. George Papandreou brings a rare combination of experience across political leadership, European integration, and international diplomacy. He served as Prime Minister of the…
Artificial intelligence is reshaping labour markets worldwide. For African economies, where more than 20 million young people will enter the workforce each year between now and 2050, the stakes are especially high. The Wheeler Institute for Business and Development, DFS Lab, and the LBS Data Science and AI Initiative recently held a panel discussion that…
We are delighted to share that Rajesh Chandy, Professor of Marketing, Tony and Maureen Wheeler Chair in Entrepreneurship and Co-Academic Director of the Wheeler Institute at London Business School, has been honoured with the 2026 William L. Wilkie “Marketing for a Better World” Award by the American Marketing Association (AMA). Founded in 1937, the AMA…
Artificial intelligence (AI) and digital tools are often presented as the future of healthcare. But for countries such as Nigeria and South Africa, the question is more urgent: can these technologies help address today’s gaps in access, quality, and affordability? With the support of Wheeler Institute for Business and Development, London Business School Health Club…
London Business School was honoured to welcome President of Iceland, Halla Tómasdóttir, for a conversation on what leadership with purpose means today. Drawing on her career spanning both the private and public sectors, she argues that in a world facing a cross-sector and cross-generation trust crisis, leadership can no longer be driven from a single…
